#CANvsISIL
- “Operation IMPACT Long Range Patrol surpasses 700 missions” (CAF Info-machine)
- “On the front lines in Mosul, Canadian medical charity treating the wounded”
- “Robert Fulford: The brutalization of the Yazidi is the crime of our age, and shows ISIL for what it truly is”
- Via the Global Affairs Info-machine: “Canada announces funding in response to severe food crises in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen” – “Canada announces support for the people of Iraq and Syria in advance of Global Coalition Meeting”
Everyone Else Vs. ISIL
Iraq
- “The Campaign for Mosul: March 9-16, 2017” (ISW) – “Iraq: Forces retake more areas in Mosul” – “Iraqi Troops Enter Area Around Mosul’s Symbolic Mosque” – “Iraq says more than 180,000 displaced from west Mosul”
- “Abadi, Trump Set to Discuss Islamic State Battle” – “Iraq PM Haider al-Abadi to meet Donald Trump” – “Trump welcoming Iraqi PM Abadi to White House”
- “Danish defence minister visits troops in Iraq”
- “Flying Kurdish flag in Kirkuk destabilizes Iraq, says Turkish Foreign Ministry”
Syria
- “Syria Situation Report: March 9 – 17, 2017” (ISW)
- “Pro-Syrian Forces Counter Rebel Assault in Damascus”
- “How chlorine gas became a weapon in Syria’s civil war”
- “Russia summons Israeli diplomat over Syria strike”
Internal Security
- “Lawyer for accused hacker Karim Baratov warns his client faces a ‘political battle’ “ – “Fighting extradition — Canadian accused in massive Yahoo hack claims he’s innocent …” – “Canadian ‘hacker-for-hire’ targeted tens of thousands of accounts, court documents allege”
- “Federal government reaches settlement with 3 Canadian men tortured in Syria and Egypt” – “Government compensates and apologizes to Canadians tortured in Syria”
- “Omar Khadr’s lawyer says ‘it’s time for the government to . . . apologize to him’ and settle suit” – “A word of thanks from Omar Khadr to his supporters” (FREE OMAR page)
- “Officials can’t say how many asylum seekers enter Canada illegally” – “CBSA detaining record number of Mexicans in 2017” – “Canada has detained more Mexican refugees in two months than in all of 2016”
- “Internal review questions number of diplomatic passports”
Way Up North
- “The Canadian North is the least defended territory on earth”
- “Indigenous ultrarunner grateful for Canadian Ranger support”
- “2e Groupe de patrouilles des Rangers canadiens: fin de l’expédition en motoneige de l’exercice AQIKGIK”
- “Masters of the Arctic: Russia to Permanently Station Submarines in Icy North”
- “Russia needs new icebreaker fleet for Arctic development — experts”
Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
- “Veterans advisory group to hold meeting on suicide prevention”
- “Budget to promise lifetime pensions for injured veterans by year’s end”
- “Some facts about veterans ‘ pensions”
- “CFB Shilo among 7 sites launching transition pilot program”
- “Government of Canada Increases Financial Support for Veterans”
- “Service dog gives new life to military veteran with PTSD”
Other
- “DND scales back travel, non-mission training to save money”
- “HMCS Saskatoon seizes an estimated 660 kg of cocaine” (DND Info-machine) – “Le NCSM Saskatoon saisit environ 660 kg de cocaïne”
- “U.S. military satellite, funded in part by Canada at a cost of $340 million, now launched” – “New Satellite to Enhance Communications Capabilities for Canadian Armed Forces” (Info-machine) – More on ULA Delta IV launch via Google News
- #CAN Troops in Nepal “United States Pacific Command (USPACOM)’s Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr arrived here in the capital on Sunday to take part in a multinational military drill for peacekeeping, Nepal Army said … Army personnel Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Fiji, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kirghistan, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam and Zambia were invited to take part in the exercise, according to UPSACOM …” – “Shanti Prayas III Beginning in Nepal” (Pentagon info-machine)
- “436 Squadron trains and wins in Arkansas”
- “CAF Developing Arsenal of Cyber-Weapons” – Defence Policy Review 2016 deck
- “Ex PIÈCES MOBILES à Valcartier: les M777 tireront des obus de 155 mm de nuit comme de jour”
- “Canada’s Military Ordinariate: No Communion to Civilly Remarried”
- ” ‘It all went up his nose’: Prison for DND employee who stole nearly $1M in computers”
- “Canadian soldier faces child porn charges” – “Man, 30, faces charges in investigation of child sexual abuse material” (Toronto Police statement)
- “Government of Canada Awards Clean Energy Electricity Contract in Alberta”
- “VIA Rail recognized for its commmitment to the Canadian Forces”
- “ON TARGET: Canada should resist boosting its defence spending”
- “National Post View: The Liberals should put the military’s need ahead of short-term political … oh, who are we kidding”
- Colonel Ted’s Take: “… I think that key ingredient ~ respect ~ is lacking in this Liberal government and, in fact, amongst a majority of Canadians. A keystone of Conservative policy and a key promise from the next Conservative prime minister must be to accord to the men and women in uniform, in the Canadian Forces, the resources and respect they deserve.”
World War One
- “Vimy Ridge reenactment ready to take flight” – CAF Info-machine: “RCAF supports Vimy Flight Association”
- “Pointe-Claire students travel to Vimy Ridge for battle’s 100th anniversary”
- “Musical legacy of Vimy Ridge to serenade hallowed battlefield”
- “Vimy Ridge centennial stirring strong response in Sarnia”
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